1995 GMC SIERRA Seats Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT IT MOVES FREELY. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT FRAME IS BREAKING AWAY FROM THE FLOOR BOARD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 3/9/2006 - *NM

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT ROLL FORWARD AT TIMES. IT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE AT TIMES EITHER. IT HAS BEEN "FIXED" A TOTAL OF 18 TIMES. THE BLOWER FAN HAS ALSO BEEN "FIXED" A TOTAL OF 8 TIMES. IT, TOO, DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY ALL THE TIME. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING PASSENGER'S SEAT WILL MOVE BACK AND FORTH DUE TO TRACKS NOT LOCKING SEAT IN POSITION, AND DRIVER'S SEAT WILL FULLY RECLINE, MAKING IT HARD TO DRIVE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT TRACKS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED 16 TIMES, BUT KEEP BREAKING. WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT WILL MOVE FORWARD ON ITS OWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS, THE SEAT SLIDES FORWARD OR WON'T MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD AT ALL. *YH

FRONT SEAT FRAME METAL HAS TORN AND CAUSES THE ENTIRE SEAT TO RECLINE AND IS UNSTABLE. AT ANY GIVEN TIME THE SEAT WILL LEAN BACK CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

FAILURE WITH DRIVER'S SEAT (CAPTAINS CHAIR) HAD PROBLEM FOR YEARS , GMC STATED I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW SEAT, BUT TO EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. THE SEAT IS LOOSE AND MOVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE MAKING IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND HAS NO BACK SUPPORT. I HAVE CONTACTED THE COMPANY AGAIN. HOPE YOU CAN HELP. PLEASE WE NEED YOUR ADVICE. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR PROBLEM, IT IS A MANUFACTOR DEFECT.

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT CUSHION FRAME BROKE ALSO THE PASSENGERS SIDE SPRING AND CABLE TO RELEASE THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD HAS BROKEN

PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO TRACK, ALLOWING IT TO SLIDE FORWARD INTERMITTENTLY, THEN REGULARLY UPON BRAKING. THIS CAUSED THE PASSENGER DISCOMFORT FROM THE FORCE OF THEIR WEIGHT AND THE SEAT PULLING AGAINST THE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS. SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPORTED A LAGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR FAILURES AND REPLACEMENTS. SAID SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THEY COULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR, THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. COST: $238.78 . *AK

PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO TRACK, ALLOWING IT TO SLIDE FORWARD INTERMITTENTLY, THEN REGULARLY UPON BRAKING. THIS CAUSED THE PASSENGER DISCOMFORT FROM THE FORCE OF THEIR WEIGHT AND THE SEAT PULLING AGAINST THE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS. SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPORTED A LAGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR FAILURES AND REPLACEMENTS. SAID SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THEY COULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR, THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. COST: $238.78 . *AK

PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO TRACK, ALLOWING IT TO SLIDE FORWARD INTERMITTENTLY, THEN REGULARLY UPON BRAKING. THIS CAUSED THE PASSENGER DISCOMFORT FROM THE FORCE OF THEIR WEIGHT AND THE SEAT PULLING AGAINST THE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS. SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPORTED A LAGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR FAILURES AND REPLACEMENTS. SAID SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THEY COULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR, THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. COST: $238.78 . *AK

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT CRACKED. NLM

THE LEFT FRONT SEAT ANCHOR BROKE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT GAVE AWAY THE SEAT LEANED BACK MORE THATN USUAL. IF BOTH ANCHOR IN THE FRONT HAD BROKE AT THE SAME TIME THE SEAT MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD HAVE FELL BACKWARDS DUE TO MY WEIGHT IN THE SEAT. DURING A DISCUSSION WITH A LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE REP MY WIFE WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT FRAMES IN THIS VEHICLE. IF THERE TRUELY IS A PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING INTO IT. *AK

SHEET METAL ON BOTTOM OF SEAT IS EXTREMELY THIN AND BROKEWHERE IT IS BOLTED TO THE TRACK.IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED REBOLTED SEAT TO TRACK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVERS SEAT MALFUNTIONED AND BROKE.DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND WILL FIX THE PROBLEM AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE FROM THE TRACKS, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO ROCK. THIS WAS THE FOURTH TIME THAT DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE FROM THE TRACKS. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE ON JUNE 21, 1999. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

THE SEAT METAL CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES ON FRONT OF SEAT, SOMETIMES THE EDGES CATCH ON EACH OTHER AND THEN SUDDENLY RELEASES WHEN MOTION IS STARTED. THIS HAPPENED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND FOUND MYSELF LOOKING AT THE HEADLINER OF THE TRUCK (THE SHOULDER BELT KEEPS YOU FROM GOING FORWARD, NOT BACKWARDS) THE SEAT BACK KEEPS YOU FROM GOING BACKWARDS. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LOWER SEAT CUSHION TILTS UP TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH IN TURN CAN PULL THE FEET OFF THE CONTROLS AND AT THE SAME TIME THE CHEST AND HEAD GOES BACKWARDS, THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL ESPECIALLY IF THE HANDS SLIP OFF THE STEERING. I SAW THAT THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS, BUT NO RECALL. I WILL CONTACT THE DEALER AGAIN TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS.

SEAT FRAME MATERIAL IS MADE VERY THIN AND WEAK RESULTING IN BREAKAGE.

SEAT BOLT FAILED CAUSING SEAT TO BECOME LOOSE FROM THE TRACK.

PASSENGER SEAT LOOSE.